Table 1: Balance of payments of the euro area (Euro 12) ( 1 )
(EUR billions)
| 2000 | 2001 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February | January – February | February | January – February | ||||||||||
| Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | Credit | Debit | Net | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||
| ( 1 ) As from January 2001 the data refer to the Euro 12, i.e. they include Greece. Data for 2000 have been re-calculated to take into account the new composition of the euro area and are comparable with Euro 12 figures. | |||||||||||||
| ( 2 ) Financial account: inflows (+); outflows (-). Reserve assets: increase (-); decrease (+). | |||||||||||||
| ( 3 ) Direct investment: assets refer to direct investment abroad and liabilities to direct investment in the euro area. | |||||||||||||
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | 116.2 | 117.3 | −1.1 | 228.1 | 239.7 | −11.5 | 133.0 | 130.9 | 2.1 | 271.2 | 277.7 | −6.5 | |
| Goods | 71.9 | 69.7 | 2.2 | 135.6 | 135.8 | −0.2 | 81.5 | 78.3 | 3.3 | 161.0 | 159.6 | 1.4 | |
| Services | 19.3 | 21.2 | −1.8 | 38.2 | 41.9 | −3.6 | 20.9 | 22.0 | −1.1 | 42.1 | 45.7 | −3.6 | |
| Income | 17.4 | 18.4 | −1.0 | 33.7 | 39.9 | −6.2 | 23.0 | 22.5 | 0.5 | 45.5 | 51.7 | −6.2 | |
| Current transfers | 7.5 | 7.9 | −0.4 | 20.6 | 22.1 | −1.5 | 7.5 | 8.1 | −0.6 | 22.5 | 20.7 | 1.8 | |
| CAPITAL ACCOUNT | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 3.0 | |
| Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | Assets | Liabilities | Balance | ||
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ( 2 ) | 2.1 | −2.6 | |||||||||||
| DIRECT INVESTMENT ( 3 ) | −20.1 | 166.1 | 145.9 | −27.4 | 173.8 | 146.4 | −17.1 | 16.4 | −0.8 | −30.1 | 24.9 | −5.2 | |
| Equity capital and reinvested earnings | −13.6 | 159.1 | 145.4 | −20.4 | 166.5 | 146.1 | −7.7 | 13.9 | 6.2 | −16.7 | 20.0 | 3.4 | |
| Other capital, mostly intercompany loans | −6.5 | 7.0 | 0.5 | −7.1 | 7.4 | 0.3 | −9.5 | 2.5 | −7.0 | −13.4 | 4.8 | −8.6 | |
| PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT | −85.7 | −66.0 | −151.7 | −108.1 | −47.8 | −155.9 | −29.3 | 30.2 | 0.9 | −63.6 | 19.1 | −44.5 | |
| Equity | −68.6 | −92.7 | −161.3 | −90.4 | −86.0 | −176.3 | −11.0 | 13.5 | 2.5 | −28.8 | 11.4 | −17.4 | |
| Debt instruments | −17.1 | 26.7 | 9.6 | −17.7 | 38.1 | 20.4 | −18.3 | 16.8 | −1.6 | −34.9 | 7.7 | −27.2 | |
| Bonds and notes | −14.3 | 12.7 | −1.7 | −22.4 | 25.1 | 2.7 | −16.7 | 17.3 | 0.5 | −23.3 | 7.6 | −15.6 | |
| Money market instruments | −2.7 | 14.0 | 11.3 | 4.6 | 13.0 | 17.7 | −1.6 | −0.5 | −2.1 | −11.6 | 0.0 | −11.5 | |
| FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (NET) | 1.9 | 1.1 | −1.0 | −6.0 | |||||||||
| OTHER INVESTMENT | −30.8 | 32.3 | 1.4 | −50.9 | 80.9 | 30.0 | −6.9 | 3.7 | −3.2 | −57.2 | 102.0 | 44.7 | |
| Eurosystem | 0.0 | −1.7 | −1.7 | 0.0 | −1.4 | −1.4 | 0.4 | −2.1 | −1.8 | 1.0 | −0.7 | 0.2 | |
| General government | −2.7 | −0.5 | −3.2 | −5.6 | −1.5 | −7.1 | 0.3 | −4.2 | −3.9 | 4.0 | −10.3 | −6.3 | |
| MFIs (excluding the Eurosystem) | −17.7 | 25.8 | 8.1 | −19.0 | 70.2 | 51.2 | −0.8 | 9.8 | 8.9 | −54.5 | 112.9 | 58.4 | |
| Long-term | −4.9 | 8.5 | 3.5 | −8.9 | 15.0 | 6.1 | −3.5 | 4.7 | 1.1 | −7.7 | 3.6 | −4.1 | |
| Short-term | −12.8 | 17.4 | 4.6 | −10.1 | 55.2 | 45.1 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 7.8 | −46.8 | 109.3 | 62.5 | |
| Other sectors | −10.4 | 8.6 | −1.8 | −26.3 | 13.6 | −12.7 | −6.7 | 0.2 | −6.5 | −7.7 | 0.1 | −7.6 | |
| RESERVE ASSETS | 6.1 | 8.5 | |||||||||||
| Errors and omissions | −5.7 | 6.1 | |||||||||||